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An acquaintance shared a post from a Jim Bates on Facebook and I suspect it's another false flagish meme.
"I live in Puerto Rico. We ARE getting help. From Army, Navy, FEMA, Volunteer Ministers and celebrities. Turn off CNN. They lie."
spanone
(135,898 posts)the 'president' is the true liar
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)I forget what it is called. In his "about" section. His likes or whatever that stuff is called in his "about" section on his timeline. You'll see a bunch of stuff in the Russian language.
Baitball Blogger
(46,768 posts)LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)but he posted the same thing. When I went into his stuff, I noticed those Russian references.
dchill
(38,559 posts)Mr presumptuous!
LuckyCharms
(17,463 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)He shares the bunker with 999 other Jim Bates, all spreading right-wing-enabling crap online.
Iggo
(47,574 posts)Siwsan
(26,300 posts)And I was right - he was a major troll.
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)They are into every kind of dark, evil lying shit these days to prop up the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Sometimes it appears that there is a real person behind a Facebook account, but many times I have clicked through to find some stock photo, no history, no posts, and five "friends" or fewer on their account page. Sometimes with the female puppets, it will say, "If you want to see what Donna shares with his friends, sent him a friend request."
The first time I called out such an obvious puppet, I was a little nervous. But nothing happened. Nothing has ever happened to me for calling out a fake Facebook post. These accounts are set up and abandoned once the troll has spread his disinformation. Click through on Jim Bates and see if he has any friends or history. If he doesn't, call out his post as the stuff and nonsense that it is.